Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Summer Quinoa Salad

Tina posted a comment about quinoa on Facebook last week and it inspired a huge response. That reminded me that I had done this post about a summer quinoa salad on the Healthy Writer blog about four years ago. Since it's the first week of summer, I thought I'd share it here.

Have you ever had Taboulleh? I think it's currently out of favor because of wheat's bad rep. Enter the Quinoa version.

I absolutely love the videos from Chef MD so today I bring you Chef MD’s Easy Gluten-Free Quinoa Taboulleh.
Here he is showing you how to make it. It's well worth watching the video because he is so entertaining.

And I could use either wheat or quinoa. I happen to have quinoa in the pantry, so I'll use that. :)

Wheat doesn't have to have a bad rap, by the way. There is a lot of conflicting research, but it looks like if you don't have celiac disease, you really do need to have gluten in your diet. So forget the fads - just enjoy the food! :)

Jan, I read an interesting article not too long ago that the problem is less the gluten itself, but that commercial bakeries are using a forced rising method that doesn't allow the gluten to develop properly. Supposedly that is causing a lot of the problems.

Quinoa is wonderful, warm or cold. I like to combine it with whatever veggies are on hand. When I was didn't have feta in the fridge, I splashed some low-sodium soy sauce on the concoction and it was great. I never thought about adding shredded cabbage. That would add such a nice crunch. Thanks for the recipe!Nancy C

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